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And just caused all kinds of damage out here. you find that in different spots. when you compare what we see here today to what we saw two weeks ago with the ef-4 tornado that went through shawnee and the ef-5 that went through moore. both of those tornadoes caused significant damage especially in moore, the heavily populated area. the storm system, alison, we saw the other day was so big and so random. it was just as dangerous. >> but theyre talking about the comparison between the two, arent t...

Weeks ago, the ef-4 tornado in shawnee that killed two, then the next day that ef-5 tornado in moore that killed 24 people in that storm system. those were stronger tornadoes, but this was just such a big storm that stayed parked over the oklahoma city area for such a long time, it was just as dangerous. >> george, between the tornadoes that blew through there friday and then the tornadoes two weeks ago in moore, i know that the people in oklahoma are resilient, but are they a little more weary ...

Your car may be. >> chad meyers joins us live now in reno. chad, this storm surprised so many of those people who do this for a living. why? how could this have happened? >> reporter: you know, we were about seven miles south of this location, el reno. as the storm continued to develop, it was traveling just a little bit to the south and east. then it turned hard left and moved northeast, came across this area and turned south again. it was a wobbler and it was big. there is damage a mile wide h...

Reno friday night. samaras son paul was also with them. this is from the discovery channel. they were on the show "storm chasers." chad meyers was in oklahoma after a monster storm hit two weeks ago. he shows us how dangerous it is to be in a car. >> reporter: just piles and piles of debris here in moore. ef-4, ef-5 damage. somewhere around 200 miles an hour. it is unimaginable what could cause a house to turn into that. if you think about a fender-bender at highway speeds of 30, 40, 50, 60 mi...

Piles of rubble and i count you know at least three or four homes from what i can tell that were destroyed by this twister that came through. our own meteorologist chad myers spotted this twister when it came through this area just before it crossed over interstate 40 and victor, i can tell you, as we drove back into oklahoma city and here into union city, we saw that debris field where the tornado crossed over the highway. we also saw those semis that were just knocked right over. you really do...

Roommate. hes always driving for me, his names brett. we both go to school together for meteorology. the passenger is a friend from mississippi who was actually coming out to the plains for his first storm chasing trip and trying to see his first tornado. >> that was his first, this is his first one? >> well actually we got him to a big tornado in kansas earlier this week but he tells me that he has got his moneys worth. >> yeah, because he is silent, jaw-dropped in the back seat the whole time....

Helmet, throw some mattresses or a blanket over you to protect the head. one place you cant hide from a tornado is in your car. tornado strength winds can pick up a one to two-ton vehicle like this one and toss it around like you or i would a basketball. you obviously dont want to be driving toward a tornado but its also a bad idea to be driving away from a tornado. its hard to gauge the distance. if you must be driving and the weather is clear, try driving at right angles to the tornado, perpen...

>> horizontal. >> south of i-40 it will be right here in front, coming down right now, very, very, very low to the ground, the entire vortex coming down to the ground, mike, ive got to back out of it. >> in oklahoma five people, including a mother and her child, are dead, and at least 71 others are hurt but the city of moore where a tornado last month killed 24 people was largely spared. >> oklahoma and missouri now under states of emergency and all the way to indiana, more than 200,000 people h...

Thinking not wearing your seat belt into the final moments of that video? >> well originally in between the video i had to jump back in the car as we filmed the tornado and i guess it slipped my mind to put my seat belt on, i was so focused on getting south but as we started getting really strong winds, i got worried that the car could blow over and at that time my consciousness caught up with me and i realized i wasnt buckled so thats when i immediately buckled up. >> brandon awe peer to be a p...

We got the chance to talk to brandon about his experience and how and why he got so close, but first what was he thinking? >> to state the obvious i guess i was thinking we were a little too close, but the tornado strengthened really rapidly and kind of took a turn right at us and i was just hoping that we could get south in time. >> at some point in time did you really feel like your life is in danger? you do this often, dont you? >> yes, ive been doing this for quite a while, and yeah i mean d...